THE NO.1 LADIES'' DETECTIVE AGENCY introduced the world to the
one and only Precious Ramotswe - the engaging and sassy owner of
Botswana''s only detective agency. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE, McCall
Smith''s second book, takes us further into this world as we follow
Mama Ramotswe into more daring situations ...Among her cases this
time are wayward wives, unscrupulous maids, and the challenge to
resolve a mother''s pain for her son who is long lost on the African
plains. Indeed, Mma Ramotswe''s own impending marriage to the most
gentlemanly of men, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, the promotion of Mma''s
secretary to the dizzy heights of Assistant Detective, and the
arrival of new members to the Matekoni family, all brew up the most
humorous and charmingly entertaining of tales. * TEARS OF THE
GIRAFFE was selected as one of the GUARDIAN''s top ten ''Fiction
Paperbacks of the Year, 2000
關於作者:
Alexander McCall Smith is a Professor of Medical Law as well
as the author of over 50 books from FORENSIC ASPECTS OF SLEEP to
THE CRIMINAL LAW OF BOTSWANA, THE PERFECT HAMBURGER for children
to PORTUGUESE IRREGULAR VERBS short stories.